Has anyone felt disappointed by the dorm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are not middle class - middle class kids in this area aren't having large bedrooms with a private bath. You are wealthy. Time for them to live in the real world.

Oh stop. Plenty of homes in my older neighborhood have this set up for kids and they are not mansions by any stretch. Mine doesn't but lots of my neighbors do.

[Anonymous]

Hey, guess what? The forms at CNU are generally nicer than at Yale or Princeton, but which degree do you think opens more doors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol. Does your kid go to Georgetown? That description takes me back....

Georgetown is redoing some of their largest dorm buildings - huzzah! It won't be long...

redoing= gutting

[Anonymous]

^ dorms

[Anonymous]

College costs have risen faster than inflation.

So the prices when YOU lived in a crappy dorm and endured fewer hot days due to climate change are not comparable to the prices you are paying now for your kid to live in a crappy dorm and endure more hot days due to climate change.

Basically, if the dorms were not entirely renovated between your experience and your kid's... you're being majorly ripped off.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a college dorm to me. What 40 and 50 year old find intolerable, 19yo will adapt.

[Anonymous]

You need to get your kid an interior designer! Everybody is doing it.

[Anonymous]

OP didn’t you see the dorms when you looked at the school? In person or online?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this Wesleyan?

It's every school.

[Anonymous]

This is the dorm experience at the vast majority of colleges in the US for the past several decades.

Your kid will survive. If dorms aren't better for upperclassmen, move off campus after freshman year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not middle class - middle class kids in this area aren't having large bedrooms with a private bath. You are wealthy. Time for them to live in the real world.

Oh stop. Plenty of homes in my older neighborhood have this set up for kids and they are not mansions by any stretch. Mine doesn't but lots of my neighbors do.

And, what are your homes worth. You aren't middle class. Lets be real. You aren't living pay check to pay heck and can afford an expensive college.

Middle class homes in this area are 800-1400 or so square feet. We have 1000 square feet. We have one bathroom for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol. Does your kid go to Georgetown? That description takes me back....

Haha, my first thought too. Did you see the pile of rubble that once was Henle?

[Anonymous]

It’s the lack of AC that may make my snowflake melt. How many of our kids don’t have AC before they get to college?

[Anonymous]

Your DC will survive the crappy dorm just fine. They will appreciate how privileged they have been and be grateful to the comfy life mom and dad have worked hard to provide.

They will also bond with their dorm mates and learn that the human connection brings more joy than that extra foot of space.

DS went through 2 years of cramped space and hot prefall days; learned to share bathrooms and tiny kitchen space. Now as a junior, he is off campus with his buddies from his freshman year. He will be in a single room with his own bath. But that comes with a hefty price tag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol. Does your kid go to Georgetown? That description takes me back....

Haha, my first thought too. Did you see the pile of rubble that once was Henle?

Can't wait until they finish the rebuilding! It is going to be gorgeous!